Mayapuri
TypeWeekly
Founder(s)Anand Prakash Baja
FoundedOctober 1882 (1882-10)
LanguageEnglish and Hindi
Websitemayapuri.com/en (in English)

Mayapuri is the oldest and largest circulated Hindi magazine weekly in India, with a circulation figure of over 3,40,000 per week and a readership of 30,60,000.[1] It was first published in 1974 by the publication group also known by the same name i.e. Mayapuri Group.[2][3]

Mayapuri Group

Mayapuri Group of publications began more than 100 years ago, in 1882, in Lahore, the capital of undivided Punjab by the name of Arorbans Press.[4] The group later shifted its head office to Delhi.[5] After partition, the torchbearer of this group, A.P Bajaj, took the group to new heights by making innovations in the field of media by expanding his printing facilities and launching first children’s magazine Lotpot, which proved to be a big success.

Mayapuri magazine

In 1974, the Mayapuri Group launched the first weekly Hindi film magazine Mayapuri of India, which proved to be a big success.[4] It has been one of the most popular Hindi magazines, covering Bollywood, since its inception and is most sought after film-gossip magazine in northern Hindi belt of India. "Mayapuri" also finds mention in the 2008 Bollywood film Ghajini and the popular Star One teen drama series Miley Jab Hum Tum. One could find this Mayapuri (Hindi) magazine at any barber shop in India, a glossy magazine full of filmy gossips.[6][7] Some of the old issues of decades of 1970–80s are considered as vintage.[8]

English Version

An english version was created called Bollyy.[9]


References

  1. ↑ "Mayapurigroup Your Media edge". www.mayapurigroup.com.
  2. ↑ "Rishi Kapoor/Amol Palekar – MayaPuri (1978)". 10 November 2009.
  3. ↑ The first Hindi film weekly magazine of India – Mayapuri since 1974. Archived 2009-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 "Mayapurigroup Your Media edge". www.mayapurigroup.com.
  5. ↑ "www.Mayapurigroup.com - Feedback". www.mayapurigroup.com.
  6. ↑ "Is TOI the online version of Mayapuri? - cultural identity". anothersubcontinent.com.
  7. ↑ "Barber Shop". 24 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Mayapuri - बॉलीवुड, मूवी, फिल्म, गाने, फिल्में - bollywood news, hungama, videos, songs, masala". www.mayapurionline.com.
  9. ↑ "Latest entertainment Bollywood News: Bollyy By Mayapuri". Bollyy. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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